Lying off North Africa, the Canary Islands are renowned for their sunny climate, extraordinary landscape and friendly people. Mountainous Tenerife and wild, lush Gomera are spectacular destinations for discerning walkers with an eye for abundant flora and natural beauty. Tenerifes appeal lies in its soaring volcanic cliffs, snowcapped Mount Teide, and fertile valleys abundant with cork and splashes of yellow mimosa. La Gomera is home to ancient protected laurel forest and precipitous palm-lush ravines that radiate out from its central peak.

Home of the indigenous Guanche people, the islands were conquered by the Spanish in C15 - La Gomera was Columbus departure point for the Americas in 1492. Beautiful colonial buildings and historic towns dot Tenerife, while traditional farming life remains unchanged for centuries in La Gomeras remote hamlets. A veritable paradise for bird-lovers and botanists, the flora on these islands is unique. Look out for curious indigenous shrubs and stonecrops, extinct elsewhere but on La Gomera, or hardy alpine vegetation on the slopes of Mount Teide. The terrain is rocky, volcanic and lush providing a superb habitat for 200 species of bird from falcons to the native canary and an exciting destination for our tour, Walking on La Gomera.